With a 27-point lead in the final quarter, the Chinese team was beaten by Nigeria in the last few minutes, and was scared out of a cold sweat by the opponent. If it were not for Gao Song's pick-and-roll and Wang Siyu's timely three points, the Chinese team would really have staged Waterloo in this last quarter. Throughout the fourth quarter, they lost 13 points in a single quarter, a familiar scene that we have witnessed at last year's Olympic Games and the Asian Cup. Although the Chinese team laughed to the end of this battle, this point is still worthy of our vigilance.
In this battle with Nigeria, the Chinese team is actually inevitable. Since there are only 4 teams in the group stage of the World Preliminary Round this time, the top three can participate in the World Cup. For the powerful Chinese team, in fact, there is not much problem in qualifying for the World Cup. The only suspense is to test the strength of this young Chinese team through the World Preliminary Round.
Obviously, whether it is the international ranking or the paper strength, the Chinese team is a notch stronger than Nigeria. This time, as can be seen from the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Chinese team did not have any pressure, and established a 15-point lead in the first quarter. The next two quarters are also chopping melons and cutting vegetables, and after the first three quarters, the Chinese team has a 27-point lead.
Friends familiar with the Chinese women's basketball team may already know that without suspense, this will be another big win. However, the strange scene occurred in the last half of the final quarter, and in the first half of the fourth quarter, the Chinese team could still maintain a 20+ lead. But after entering the second half of the quarter, the Chinese team suddenly relaxed, and was narrowed by the opponent's wave of streams, and the point difference changed from 27 points to 15 points in an instant.
Although Gao Song and Wang Siyu subsequently hit consecutive hits, they helped the Chinese team to temporarily ease the situation. But this still can't hide the Chinese team's paralysis in the last quarter, or the lax way of playing. In the second half of the fourth quarter, the Chinese team's playing style was indeed very messy, the players gradually relaxed, and the defense and offense also lost the strength of the first 3 quarters, which also gave the opponent the opportunity to counterattack.
You know, in the fourth quarter, the Chinese team lost 13 points to the opponent in a single quarter, which if it were replaced by a strong team like Japan, Spain or France, the Chinese team might not be so lucky. Not only may it not be possible to laugh to the end, but it may also overturn the ship in the gutter. At last year's Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese team was eliminated by serbia in the knockout stage, not only in the final quarter with a 9-point lead.